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Jay K. Harness, MD: Typically getting to know your *** prior to your menstrual
cycle. So I mean still having periods is important because then you get to know what
the changes are after you have finished ***. Understand this – the last two weeks of
the menstrual cycle, the *** are being maximally stimulated hormonally by progesterone
and so the cysts in the ***, that’s when they become more prominent. The pain
that patients complain about in the breast is typically in the last two weeks, should
go away with the normal menstrual cycle. So in pre-menopausal women, my thought and
I want to here Cathy’s as well because I think she addressed this, is before your period,
I mean be a few days – three or four days before, and then certainly a few days afterwards
and I really agree in postmenopausal women or women who have had hysterectomies etc.
choosing any single day of the month is probably the best. Generally I recommend the birth
day. Cathy, you want to chime in? Cathy Cole: Yeah, you shouldn’t pick your
birthday in case you find something. Dr. Jay Harness: Yeah, wow. All right, you
know what, maybe after this Google Hangout, I’ll change that.
Cathy Cole: All right, I’ll hear you there. Yeah, the thing is when people come to see
me and it’s right before their period and they are really start a little anxious about
something ‘I will do the breast exam’ but I do tell them I want you to make an appointment
to come back after the menstrual cycle because your *** are going to feel totally different,
and these are in cycling women. So we don’t rush to judgment if it’s because
of the hormone pattern is going to change the whole feel of things. I just want women
to have more confidence to come at the right time of the month.